for Sustainable Supply of Strategic Minerals
The O’Keefe Institute performs basic and applied research to develop technology, methodologies and tools that facilitate sustainable supply of strategic minerals for United States. The Institute also does science-based policy work that informs government policy on strategic minerals.
The Institute has five research thrust areas:
The Institute leverages state-of-the-art research facilities distributed across the Missouri S&T campus and faculty researchers from several academic departments.
Director, O'Keefe Institute
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering